Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

In my constituency, in the last two weeks, we have seen an injury involving an e-scooter on a cycle lane because the user of the e-scooter broke a red light and severely injured a ten-year-old boy. We saw a fatality involving a scrambler bike in the Citywest-Saggart area three weeks ago. Time and time again, I am getting complaints and representations from people across my constituency about the use of e-scooters and scrambler bikes. Certainly, while e-scooters in particular are a welcome addition to the active travel agenda, they need to be accompanied by assurances that the users of those e-scooters obey the rules of the road effectively, that they are correctly lit up and that they have respect for other road users. Equally, with regard to the scramblers that terrorise many housing estates across Dublin Mid-West on a near daily basis, while we welcome the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 introduced by the last Government, there is an enforcement question that we need to see addressed. We need to see a more consistent approach to enforcement in terms of seizing illegally held scramblers but also encouraging their sensible and careful use. Will the Taoiseach work with the Government and An Garda Síochána to increase enforcement but also to increase educational awareness about the safe use of e-scooters and scrambler bikes?

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